Revellers hoping to party all night in Bradford could be going home early as not a single pub or club in the city centre has applied to stay open around the clock.

They have until November to request longer opening hours after the Government introduced the new laws last month. But so far Bradford Council's licensing panel has not received a single application.

Dean Loynes, chairman of Bradford Inner City Licensing Association, said he did not believe there was enough interest in longer hours in the trade.

He said: "If you apply to open longer you have to staff longer. Most people have had enough to drink when last orders are called at 2am. They don't want to carry on drinking any more." He said he believed a few may apply for longer hours ahead of the deadline in November and then only for one extra hour or two.

He said the traditional patterns of working and socialising in this country did not lend themselves to 24 hour opening. "It is not like the Mediterranean where you can stroll out in the warmth at 10pm at night for a couple of beers. It is not that sort of country."

He said the Government should have tackled the low prices, special offers and happy hours as a way of reducing binge drinking rather than offering longer hours. He said: "Prices are the key to binge drinking. If people have £25 to spend a night, that's £5 on a taxi, £5 for a club. If they have £15 left and can afford 15 bottles of lager they will be drunk. If it is more expensive they won't."

Denise Carrington, manageress at the city's Shoulder of Mutton, said the amount of paperwork involved would put many landlords off.

She said: "The demand for longer hours is not there for our customers. But I agree pubs and clubs should be able to open and close when they want. We are fine with our 11pm closing time and I think most pubs will stay as they are."

The new law offers flexible opening hours with the potential of up to 24 hours a day, seven days a week. But any pubs that become disorderly will be given two months to sort out the situation or they will be billed for the extra policing costs.

The Bradford situation of zero applications is mirrored nationally. The British Beer & Pub Association which represents 30,000 pubs in England and Wales said the costs in keeping a venue open and staffed all day would put many off.